CITY KIDS NEED MORE LEAD TESTS

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The number of kids testing positive for lead poisoning dropped dramatically over the last five years, according to a city report, but the majority of toddlers are not even getting tested.

Government

The Making of Downtown's New Housing Bond-Doggle

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Mayor Bloomberg has said he’d like to see some affordable housing built as part of downtown’s redevelopment, but his policy for making that happen may have some holes–particularly since it is so reminiscent of the decades-old Battery Park City deal which produced few affordable apartments.

Bronx

Attention Shoppers

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While the City Council calls for building a massive public market on the old Trade Center site, a similar project has been proposed for Hunts Point, where the area’s best shopping is wholesale, and therefore off limits to local residents

Economy

Out With the Old

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Some expensive but successful job training programs for recent high school dropouts are losing their city contracts, creating concern among workforce advocates that the Bloomberg administration is focusing solely on the bottom line.